Cancer Prevention – Good News For Vegans
As far as scary words in the English language go, "cancer" is near the top of the list. The good news is that we don't have to wait around simply hoping that cancer doesn't affect us and our loved ones. According to scientists in the UK, effective cancer prevention starts with the food on your plate.
The British Journal of Cancer reports optimistic news for vegans. British scientists studied the diets of over 61,000 men and women for 12 years. At the end of 12 years, the scientists recorded how many subjects developed stomach, bladder, ovarian, and lymphatic cancers in the three dietary categories reviewed: vegan, pescetarian, and omnivore. For each type of cancer tested, vegans developed a significantly lower number of cases than did meat eaters.
The National Cancer Institute currently predicts that stomach cancer will be diagnosed in over 21,000 American men and women in 2010 and will cause over 10,000 deaths. The lifetime risk of stomach cancer is 1 in 113.
Of men and women born today, 2.41% can expect to be diagnosed with urinary bladder cancer during their lifetimes. That's 1 in 41 people. Almost 71,000 American men and women are diagnosed annually with bladder cancer and over 14,000 of these bladder cancer cases prove fatal.
For women born today, 1.4% can expect a diagnosis of ovarian cancer during their lifetimes. The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 21,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and over 14,000 women will die of ovarian cancer in 2010.
The National Cancer Institute predicts that over 70,000 American men and women will be diagnosed with lymphoma in 2010 and that more than 20,000 of these cases will prove fatal.
The position of the American Dietetic Association on vegan diets is that they are associated with fewer cases of cancer as well as fewer cases of type II diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and death from heart attacks. Some nutrients that the ADA regards as healthy and particularly high in vegan diets are fruits, vegetables, nuts, soy products, fiber, and phytochemicals (phyto=related to plants).
Don't let yourself and your loved ones become a statistic. Join Gobble Green in the movement for disease prevention and make the transition to a vegan diet in 2010.
Cancer In General
Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues. Cancer cells spread to other parts of the body through blood and lymphs system. Cancer is not a disease but many diseases. There are more than 100 types of cancer. Most cancer are named after the organ or the cell in which they start. For eg :the cancer that begins in the colon is called colon cancer. The main categories of cancer are:
CARCINOMA:It is a cancer that begins in the skin or in the tissue or cover the internal organ.
SARCOMA:It is a cancer that begins in the blood vessels, fat muscles, bone cartilage or other connective or supportive tissue.
LEUKEMIA:Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as bone marrow and causes large number of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood.
LYMPHOMA and MYELOMA:It begins in the cells of immune system.
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER:It begins in the tissues of brain and spinal cord
ORIGINS OF CANCER
All cancer begins in the cell, which is the basic structural unit of life. The body is made up of many cells. These cells grow and divide in a controlled way to produce more cell as the need to keep the body healthy. As the cells become old or die the are replaced by new cells. Sometimes this process goes wrong. The genetic material (DNA)of the cell can become damaged or changed producing mutations that effects the normal cell growth and division. When this happens, cells do not die when they should and new cells form when the body does not need them. The extra cell may form a mass of tissues called tumor.
The tumor can be BENIGN or MALIGNANT tumor.
BENIGN TUMOR:
These are non cancerous tumor. They often can be remove and in most cases they do not come back. Cells in this tumor do not spread to other parts of the body.
MALIGNANT TUMOR:
These are cancerous tumor. Cells in these tumor invade with tissues and spread to other parts of the body. The spread of cancer from one part of the body to the another part is called metastasis
TREATMENT FOR CANCER:
There are many treatment methods implemented to cure cancer. Some of them include standard methods like the surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
CANCER TREATMENT AND SURGERY
Cancer can be entirely removed by a surgery, in case of breast cancer the surgery performed is named as mastectomy. In this surgery either the tumor is removed or the entire organ is removed. In case of metastasis stage cancer, this type of treatment is not possible because it might spread to other parts of the body.
Surgery in addition to removal of primary tumor is often necessary for staging. Staging is the process of determining the extend of the disease and whether metastasized to regional lymph nodes. It is the major determinant of prognosis.
CHEMOTHERAPY
This type of treatment uses the administration of the drugs either orally or intravenously. This treatment aims either to kill the malignant cell or to stop there spread and multiplication. This therapy is given in regular doses and cycles. There is no chemotherapy without any side effects, but the side effects are temporary and subside as the time goes. Keep in mind that this therapy tries to recover the patient and fights the disease.
RADIATION THERAPY
Similarly as chemotherapy, radiation therapy also aims on killing of diseased cells if possible or stop them from reproducing. This method uses high amount of x-rays to damage the DNA cells, thereby killing the diseased cells. Though this method kills the normal cells the damage caused by the diseased cell is more then the normal cells. The normal cell in due course of time repairs the damage caused. This is the reason the radiation therapy is given at regular cycles to give time for the normal cells to recover.
HORMONE THERAPY
Certain hormones are said to promote the growth of the diseased cells for example the estrogen hormones are said to promote the growth of breast cancer cells so to inhibit this process certain estrogen drugs are given to the patient. These hormones are naturally produced substance that acts as a chemical messenger to assist in normal control and functions in the bodies cell
IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENT
It is also one of the cancer treatment method given now-a-days for better results. Immunotherapeutic drugs work by strengthening the immune system, which is the body's natural defense mechanism.
Cancer Curing Brain Theory Concept, Part III
As I continue my theory on curing cancer I wish to further CYA my position. I am not a medical doctor, thank god actually, because the malpractice insurance would drive me nuts. Also since I am not in the medical field at all you cannot sue me for this idea, concept of mine. Now then continuing Part III.
Chemo that is directly induced where needed might work, but we have better technology now and could use specific fluid dynamic beams of energy or radiation pointed at the exact source and area or even non-evasive light. Now then here is some additional information: it is now possible to send thoughts by fax through three-dimensional spatial representation of the brain in hologram video. We have hologram faxing available and Brain Surgeons are using this to show damage in the brain. The guy who thought of it had my friend in Malibu working for his company in LA. Now they can transmit this data by fax, three-dimensional faxing, like sending a cad cam design computer, but you can now fax it with special machinery.
Now we maybe able to use this same idea to send a thought. This relates to my theory of cancer curing so follow along. Wow, eventually the devise would be very small the size of a dime or so to send and receive data or thoughts by way of this devise, this is way in the future, but it could be available to the common man in 20 years or so. Now before this technology gets this small and nano-tech achieves these seemingly impossible feats we can use the basic concept to record a thought for my cancer experiment.
Now just think about this for a second. There have been cancer survivors with very positive thought patterns and attitudes and part of the reason they lived and others died may have been just that. We must mirror these thoughts of strength, character and attitude and place these thought patterns in those who do not have them. We can look into the thought patterns of many cancer survivors and take those and average them and mimic them and place them in the patients. Duplicate them with TMS through fMRI scanning and send those impulses to those areas of the brain of the patient.
Strong patients will be best since those thought patterns can converge. All we have to do is isolate the things I have discussed before in my many articles and in my brain research with regards to the 10,000 chemicals of the brain 2000 interacting at any one time and 200 prevalent. Take the ten strongest components of the 200 and experiment with them. What we are looking for in those miraculous cases, why did they survive, what makes them different, why do some die and others live? We look at the brain areas which light up and release the cancer fighting biological components in each strong willed survivor. We find common ground and record it, then hook a machine up to stimulate those parts of the brain in the other cancer fighting folks.
First we try the first experiment by placing thought of one persons brain into that of another, and yes as strange as this sounds I do believe it is totally possible and as the future marches on, very probable. This experiment to prove my hypothesis takes two people from the same mom, preferably brothers or sisters of the same mom and dad and hopefully born within a short time frame (2-3 years). Grew up and were nurtured by the same parents. Similar birth dates. Twins would also be good for this. To prove my experiment first; You separate the twins by 4000 miles but both at the same altitude preferably sea level. Similar longitude with similar magnetic pulls and similar gravity pull of the Earth; this will make sure that the oxygen level in the brain is similar and it will be a non-artificial environment, not a clean room.
Next; You then hook up a brain scanner that records a thought, a complex one, simple one first time. Then record where in the brain the energy is located in sequence during the thought. This is done all the time. It will take a controlled thought and focused thought at first. Next you send the digital thought sequences to the other coast. You could also fax that three-dimensional model to the East Coast or Pacific side or where you are, and hook up the data and the model to the brother or sister. And recreate the exact impulses where they occurred in the last person on the west coast or East Coast. Provided the diets are similar and the intake is similar, oxygen level, basic genetics are similar, you should have it. The same basic thought. Recorded transferred and sent and then duplicated, Thought transfer.
Now that would be a worthy accomplishment in itself but the possibilities for cancer fighting would be amazing indeed. Now obviously you do not reveal the thought to the other person, let them tell you what the thought is or was. A thought is recorded and therefore timeless. Thoughts can travel through time at least we can travel thoughts to the future. Just like knowledge. Or at least this has been theorized by many including Einstein. Now for my experiment once concept of thought transfer is proven: Now after this is done, you take a cancer survivors abilities of focusing in their own your body, mimic the diet and intake of that person with the patient anywhere in the world.
End of Part III
Herbs Promoted Better Quality of Life Than Chemotherapy for Terminal Cancer
Kooi (T528) is a sixty-seven-year old female. She and her son came to see me on 11 March 2007. Her well-built, big-sized son appeared subdued, confused and was unusually quiet. He was told by the doctor that his mother "has only three to six months to live." Adding to this anguish, his mother suffered pains all night long and was unable to sleep well. Her appetite was poor and she was constipated. She suffered all these in spite of paying so much money for her medical treatment.
Kooi's problem started a few months before her visit to our center. She lost her appetite and her normal strength. One day, she had a fall. This episode prompted her family to bring her to a private hospital for a medical examination. A CT scan revealed features suggestive of infiltrating type of pancreatic cancer, involving the body and tail of the organ. The cancer had also spread to her liver as evidenced by the numerous lesions found in her liver. There was also a solitary lesion in her left lung, again indicating a possible metastasis. Her blood works showed CA 19.9 = 10,161.4; CA 15.3 = 25.9; CEA = 3.5; Alpha-fetoprotein = 2.4 and GGT = 178.0.
Kooi was referred to an oncologist of another private hospital for palliative chemotherapy. According to the doctor, with chemotherapy Kooi would have six months to a year to live, without chemo it would be three to six months.
Kooi received two cycles of chemotherapy, each cycle costing RM 1,000 plus (US$300.00). After the second cycle of chemotherapy, Kooi suffered unpleasant side effects. Her chest felt tight and she had difficulty breathing. She was nauseous and constipated. She was unable to sleep at night due to constant pains. Her fingers were numb and she appeared "worn out". Her entire body felt uncomfortable. She had difficulty walking and needed to use a "walking frame".
After seeing us, the family decided that Kooi discontinued with the remaining four cycles of chemotherapy. The family wanted to try our herbs instead. One week on the herbs, Kooi was not constipated anymore. She had more energy but her pains persisted. Two weeks on the herbs, Kooi was able to walk without the aid of her walking frame. The headaches which she had earlier had disappeared. However, her pains and abdominal discomfort persisted.
Kooi's condition had improved with the herbs but the pains did not go away even after taking our herbal Pain Tea. After a month, I suggested that Kooi seek the help of Hospice for prescription of a painkiller, while taking our herbs. Kooi was prescribed morphine. Her pains vanished but she suffered constipation. She was given laxative by Hospice but this caused severe purging and drained off her strength. She stopped the laxative and switched to our Constipation Tea. With that, Kooi was alright. I met her son soon after. Everyone in the family understand that her cancer is incurable but what matters most is that Kooi is able to lead a pain-free life. As for now, she is living a pain-free life. She is able to walk, eat and sleep. These are all that matters to the family. In fact, she can now take care of herself and doing house-whole chores without help -- preparing her own herbal teas and cook.
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In medical literature, we are told that one of the reasons why terminal cancer patients are asked to undergo chemotherapy is to palliate their symptoms. Chemotherapy is said to improve quality of life and in medical jargon such treatment is "well tolerated by the patients". I am indeed baffled by such statements. From my observation, chemotherapy hurts! Some patients went through "hell" during chemotherapy. How could we say that quality of life is improved? Undergoing six cycles of chemotherapy may mean "hell" for six months or more for some patients. And if life is extended for only six months or a year, such treatment is hardly a bargain at all. Also, chemotherapy hurts the pocket! The entire treatment could cost anything from RM 8,000 to a few hundred of thousands, depending on where one receives the treatment. At the end, the result is the same -- death. Of course to the rich, extending even a day of life is worth all their money, but to the poor (in the developing countries) every dollar spent counts. I know of patients having to sell their home or land to pay for their elusive cure. One person whom I know spent up to RM 1.5 million trying to save his wife. Unfortunately, she died while undergoing the treatment.
In this story, herbs used for terminal cancer provided "real" quality of life. The patient leads a pain-free life at a cost that does not make a hole in the pocket.
Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer – How Does it Work?
There are three main treatments for ovarian cancer, once a diagnosis is made. These are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. In some cases it will be recommended to have two or even all three of these treatments. When chemotherapy is recommended, it is usually given after the surgery in 6 doses spaced 3 weeks apart. This is called "first line" because it is the first time chemo is administered.
The chemotherapy drugs are injected intravenously, often by way of a port which your oncologist will place in your chest or arm. Sometimes intraperitoneal chemo is used which injects the drugs directly into the abdomen.
The standard initial therapy suggested by doctors uses a combination of a platinum-based drug such as carboplatin or cisplatin along with a taxane such as paclitaxel or docetaxel.
Chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells that are left in your body after surgery, but they also damage normal cells, as the drugs do not differentiate between normal and diseased. The simple explanation is that they work by destroying rapidly-dividing cells which is a description of cancer cells. Unfortunately, other cells in the body also fall under this category and are also damaged in the process. The hair follicles are an example, which is why most patients experience hair loss. It is only a temporary condition though and the hair will begin to grow back almost immediately after the chemo is stopped, although in some cases it will look different at first. Other healthy cells that are damaged include red and white blood cells, platelets (which are needed for clotting), and cells that line the gastrointestinal tract. This can often cause the nausea which is so common with the treatment.
Because the chemo drugs can damage the bone marrow that normally produce cells, patients can experience low blood cell counts and often must take yet another medication to encourage the bone marrow to begin producing cells again. The combination of all of these drugs sometimes causes people to have mild forgetfulness and memory loss often referred to as "chemo brain." This should go away once treatments end.
Green Tea’s Role in Cancer Prevention
Green tea has recently caught the attention of scientists working to discover ways to prevent and treat cancer. Researchers began looking at green tea because of the significantly lower rates of certain diseases in Asian culture, where green tea is widely consumed. Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world, after water; so if we can harness health properties in this beverage, it could have huge impact on our health.
And, if we can determine exactly how green tea is effective in preventing cancer, we'll be well on our way to eradicating one of the most serious killers in our society. There has been a large amount of research on the subject, and we have learned many things.
First, we know that green tea has some of the most powerful anti-oxidants, and we know that anti-oxidants are important to preventing many diseases, including cancer. Anti- oxidants are important because they combat free radicals in our bodies. These free radicals are created as our bodies convert food to energy. If they are not neutralized, they damage our cells and DNA, leading to disease and premature aging.
So, to prevent your risk of cancer, along with other diseases, doctors recommend a diet high in anti-oxidants. And, green tea is one of the best components of a disease preventing diet, because it is rich in anti-oxidants and is simple to add to our diets.
There have been many studies that link green tea with cancer prevention. One article available on the subject was published by the UK Tea Council. This article discusses the many ways that green tea may be helpful in preventing, and even treating, cancer. It also discusses the wide availability of green tea and green tea supplements This article leads to the conclusion that green tea is effective at preventing many forms of cancer.
It is truly amazing to read the research about green tea and cancer. It has been shown, in particular to have great significance in preventing cancers of the digestive system, for example.
It is believed that since the tea itself passes through the digestive tract, it minimizes inflammation in this area of the body. In addition, since this is where the anti-oxidants are absorbed, it is found to have a significant effect.
Green tea has also been found to be particularly effective in preventing, and even treating, breast cancer. In fact, one study reported that green tea, when administered along with chemotherapy, enhanced the effectiveness of the chemotherapy drugs. It was found that cancer cells showed a higher concentration of the drugs in patients who were given green tea as an adjunct therapy than in patients who received chemotherapy alone.
Other research has shown that green tea may also be effective when applied topically; preventing and treating skin cancer, for example.
Green tea has also been shown to prevent cardiovascular disease by helping to prevent the oxidation of cholesterol. Bad cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) oxidizes and becomes the hard plaque that clogs our arteries, restricting blood flow.
When arterial flow is restricted, a heart attack or stroke can happen if a blood clot forms and further blocks the artery. Green tea prevents the oxidation of the cholesterol so that it cannot harden and stick to arterial walls.
In cultures where green tea is consumed, and incidence of cancer is significantly lower, it is consumed in fairly large quantities over a period of many years. Asians typically begin consuming green tea early in life, and drink several cups a day every day for their entire life. Green tea is even more prevalent in Asian life than coffee is in American life. There are even ceremonies centered on tea!
So, if you want to make the most of green tea's cancer preventing properties, you should find a way to get a fairly large dose - and you should get your dosage each day. This is easier today than ever, because green tea has gained popularity and is more widely available than ever.
Green tea is often mixed with fruit flavors, as many people don't particularly enjoy the grassy flavor of the plain tea. And, these flavored varieties are just as healthy. For a real health boost, try green tea flavored with blueberry or pomegranate, both of which are also very high in anti-oxidants.
Green tea has also become widely available already bottled for drinking chilled. This makes it very convenient to carry your green tea with you, so that you can drink it all day long, just like the Japanese!
If you still don't think you can get enough green tea even with all the choices available, then green tea supplements might be for you. They're available in capsule form, and you can just take them right along with your vitamins. They contain all the anti-oxidants of a cup of green tea, right in a little pill.
Whatever form you choose, make green tea a part of your regular life. It's healthy and delicious and may prevent many diseases, too!
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